Not like the cutthroat streets of lawless London, eh?

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Maybe racists should stop saying and doing racists things, because that's why people call them racists - because of the racists stuff they say and do.

The basic racial implications of Farage's policy are clear. He has pledged a mass deportation programme, including those with legal status. He will not deport Europeans and has said so. He refuses to give the same assurances to those from Commonwealth.

People often claim it's a mistake to call far-right figures racist. But it's extremely telling how much they hate being called racist. Farage doesn't welcome it. He is afraid of it. And he has benefited from people's reticence about using it to describe his policies.

The government is now shut down for the first time since the lifelong criminal was in power the last time.

This is a Republican government shutdown. They have the White House, the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court. The party in control of all government branches are lying, which is their area of expertise.

The shutdown is on Republicans. Democrats held the line and stopped 22M Americans - many making under $82k - from watching their health premiums double or even triple overnight.

Trump’s dementia takes more detours than a lost Uber driver.

@ericswalwell.bsky.social reminding us that Pete Hegseth & Trump have not met the highest “male standard”.

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Hey Chump,were You A Guest of Epstein's, Either at His Island or at His House ? We All KNOW You're Hiding The Truth From Us ! We Will Be Persistent Until You're Gone !

Ukraine and Moldova have completed the screening phase for joining the EU. They’re now waiting to hear from the EU Commission about what they need to focus on during access negotiations. The process is, as expected, currently being held up by Hungary.

In Chump's Own Words.......

Hillary's Right Again ! Chump has lined His Pockets with $4-5 Billion In Income For Himself, While We All Get Zilch in Absolutely Everything 💯.........

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Just sayin’. Their words bite em in the ass every time. A liar can’t keep up with his lies.

There's ALWAYS a video clip. It's #DonaldTrumpsShutdown. He said so himself.

"If your CEO is smart enough to suck up to Trump by giving him a 24-carat plaque, you can get an exemption from the tariffs. If you’re a farmer — that is, part of a group Trump sees as loyal supporters — you might be lucky enough to get a taxpayer-funded bailout. Everyone else? You’ll be paying."

Hegseth was like, ‘hey do what you gotta do, disregard the Geneva Convention, rules of engagement. Break sh*t & kill people & if you abuse & assault your fellow service members we won’t hold it against you’ And then Trump was like, ‘you should practice all that in Blue cities’

"As [Epstein's] victims continue to come forward, and new evidence continues to emerge, the questions and demands for justice grow louder. What can we learn from the information that has been released? What will it take for the full files to be released? And how will Trump respond?"

Never gets old

Notably this suit was filed by the libertarian Institute for Justice

Speaker Johnson told a reporter, "I'm glad people are being kicked off of Medicaid." He continued," it needs to be cleared out." He's talking out of his ass. It's not easily obtained. They have Guardrails that must be met. You must be a Citizen. You must be 65 or meet medical qualifications.

He thinks he’s slick, but this one blows up in his face. Lay off 200,000 feds and you don’t save a dime, you spike unemployment, destroy local economies, gut vets’ care, stall Social Security, cripple disaster relief. ...

Here’s my cliff notes summary of Pete Hegseth’s big military address today

More waste, fraud and abuse: "Stranded health supplies collectively accrued hundreds of thousands of dollars in storage fees at ports and temporary holding facilities, an internal delivery tracker shows, as expiration dates inched closer."

"It isn’t like our farmers aren’t producing enough crops and need help in order to get production going again. The US produces a huge amount of food, more than we need here at home. But farmers need to have somewhere to sell it." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

Pete Hegseth is the enemy within.

If you were in the room during Hegseth and Trump's speech, and you'd like to share your response anonymously, reach out to me on Signal (in bio.) Share widely.

AOC roughly 10 hours away from a government shutdown: It is our obligation to put our foot down and say enough is enough. People need to be defended, and if Republicans want to say no to that, they'll have to learn that this is not how this works.

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID? It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

Today’s dangerous speech showed it. SignalGate showed it. Nearly every action he’s taken in this office has shown it. Pete Hegseth is wildly unqualified and should resign.

Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (an attorney): “Deploying military units to take part in policing Tennessee citizens violates the Tennessee Constitution… We either have the rule of law or we don’t.” @govbilllee open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

JUDGE McELROY: It’s “yet another case where the administration is saying … I’m going to do what I want to do and not what the law says and make the court make me.” @politico.com #FEMA @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Pro-tip: Don’t try to take on Gavin Newsom’s press team. Especially if you’re a dumb dumb.

Our first ad of the general election starts airing tomorrow: “Things Can Change.”

My advice to Democrats today and assuming the government shuts down at midnight tonight? Don't cave! Tell the public what’s at stake. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/senate-dems-dont-cave-and-explain

Warren: Exposing Private Equity's Lobbying

Thinking about this piece from 2024 today...